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Rescentment: Reclaiming the Olfactory Sense in Contemporary Asian Diaspora Literature

Date: 2025-01-01

Creator: Maya Juliette Le

Access: Open access



Miniature of Nonprophets: a novel
Nonprophets: a novel
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    • Embargo End Date: 2025-05-14

    Date: 2020-01-01

    Creator: Nathan Osiason Blum

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      "Possessive gentleness": Insecure Attachments in American Literature

      Date: 2022-01-01

      Creator: Ella Pearl Crabtree

      Access: Open access

      “‘Possessive Gentleness’: Insecure Attachments in American Literature” applies psychological attachment theory to works of American Literature. Each novel examined—Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851), Dred: A Tale of the Dismal Swamp (1856), and The Minister’s Wooing (1859) by Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Third Generation (1954) by Chester Himes, and The Bluest Eye (1970) by Toni Morrison—describes the forces behind insecure attachment relationships between child characters and their caregivers. The first chapter of this project focuses on Stowe’s anti-slavery novels. It argues that the institution of slavery is in conflict with Christianity in these works, because it impedes disinterestedly benevolent mothering and disrupts secure attachments. The second chapter analyzes The Third Generation, and suggests that colorism in the black community is the cause of insecure attachments in Himes’ work. The third and final chapter examines The Bluest Eye, and presents sympathy, as embodied by the novel’s narrator, as a potential remedy for insecure parent-child attachments. Together, these texts elucidate how societal forces (e.g. colorism, poverty) intrude upon the family structure and destabilize parent-child attachments. Optimistically, however, they also suggest that improved parent-child attachments might function as a vehicle of broader social change.


      Miniature of Errandsphere
      Errandsphere
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      • Restriction End Date: 2026-06-01

        Date: 2021-01-01

        Creator: Aida Muratoglu

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          Seasons Without Borders: the Ali Smith Quartet

          Date: 2021-01-01

          Creator: Claire M Burns

          Access: Open access

          This project considers how the novels of contemporary Scottish author Ali Smith work to destabilize traditional constructions of temporal, formal, national, and gender borders. The motifs of the border and the border identity have been thematically pervasive in Scottish literary history, as reflected in the recurrence of the Scottish split identity. This thesis explores how the borders that have become essential to the construction of Scottish national literature, often relying on binaristic categorizations, have been disestablished in the contemporary era. Ali Smith’s novels, particularly the novels of her seasonal quartet, introduce forms and figures that highlight the instability of many of these borders, challenging fixed representations of the border identity. Through this focus on Scotland, Smith constructs a template for a consideration of national identity beyond the boundaries of Scotland, extending toward a more global sensibility.


          Miniature of Neptune City
          Neptune City
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            • Embargo End Date: 2026-05-18

            Date: 2023-01-01

            Creator: Lily Randall

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              Invisible Ailments: A Collection

              Date: 2023-01-01

              Creator: Jane L. Godiner

              Access: Open access

              "Invisible Ailments" is a collection of short stories that trace the depth, breath, and sweeping range of lived experiences of people struggling with mental illness. While it is a work of fiction, the people in these stories might feel eerily familiar — to your friends, your family members, your loved ones, or, if you're brave enough to admit it, yourself.


              Miniature of "What's Outside the Window?": Evil, Literature, and Detection in Roberto Bolaño's Fiction
              "What's Outside the Window?": Evil, Literature, and Detection in Roberto Bolaño's Fiction
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                • Embargo End Date: 2026-05-18

                Date: 2023-01-01

                Creator: Andrew YH Chang

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                  This is What You Want: Stories

                  Date: 2017-05-01

                  Creator: Savannah Blake Horton

                  Access: Open access

                  This is What You Want: Stories is a collection of nine stories exploring the role of humor in dark situations. It is a work of fiction.